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JOHN FISHER, farmer, post office White Ash, a son of Christian and Catharine (Nenstiel) Fisher, was born at Heimbolds-Hausen, Hessen-Cassel, Germany, Aug. 20, 1837. He attended school until fourteen years old, and then served six years at the weaver’s trade. In 1859 he left his native land, and came to Pittsburgh, where, finding work scarce, he apprenticed himself to a shoemaker rather than be idle. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. B, 9th P. R., and joined the Army of the Potomac. At the battle of Games’ Mills he was shot through the right arm and taken prisoner. After four weeks’ confinement in Richmond, he was paroled, went to Chester hospital for treatment, and was discharged for disability Oct. 25, 1862. Two years later he took up his residence in Penn township, and March 3, 1870, married Catherine Aber, and settled on the farm where he now resides. He is a republican, and with his wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church at East Liberty. Mrs. Fisher was born on the farm where she now lives, daughter of John and Rachel Aber, early residents. Her grandfather, James Beatty, was kept a prisoner for three years by Indians, who had murdered his father, and for two years was interpreter for the traders.